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Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Space opera.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration
Fallen DragonNovel
Peter F. Hamiltonstandalone novel2001
Space opera.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld
The Lost FleetUniverse
universe27 books2006
Space opera.
“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dauntless →
includes The Genesis Fleet, The Lost Stars, Outlands (The Lost Fleet), Beyond the Frontier
Catteni SequenceSeries
series5 books1970
completed
Space opera, about slavery and aliens.
“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue
Start with Freedom's Landing →